Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-09-29

He will make each seed to grow;
So, until life's happy end,
Your heart shall never lack friend.
Congregational Magazine.
ONE STANDARD FOR BOTH SEXES.
Josiah Aliens children have been
brought up to think that sin of any
kind is just IS bad in man as in a
woman; and any place of amusement
that was bad for a woman to go was
bad for q man.
Now when Thomas Jefferson was a
little Teller, be was bewitched to go to
circuses, and Josiah said:
'.Better lie. him go, Samantha; it
haint no place for WINNIE II or girls. but
1t won't hurt boy"
Says I,"Josiah Allen. the Lord made
Thomas Jefferson with just as pure a
heart as Tirzah Ann, and no bigger
eyes and ears, and if Thomas Jefferson
goes to the circus, Tirzah Ann goes
too"
That stopped that. And then he
was bewitched to get with other boys
that smoked and chewed tobacco, and
JOSIAH was of just that easy turn that
he would have let him go with 'em.
But says L:
"Josiah Allen, if Thomas Jefferson
goes with those boys and gets to chew
in and smokin' tobacco, shall buy
Tirzah Ann pipe"
And that stopped that.
"And about drinkin', if it should be
the will of Providence to change you
into wild bear, I will chain you up,
and do the best can by you. But if
you ever do it yourself, turn yourself
into q wild beast by drinkin', will
run away; for never could stand 1t,
never! And," I continued, elf I ever
see you hangin' round bar-rooms ard
tavern doors, Tirzah Ann shall hang
too"
Josiah argued with me. Says he:
ut doesn't look SO bad for boy az it
does for girl"
Says I, Custom makes the differ
snes; we are more used to seeing men.
But" says / "when liquor goes to
work to make fool and a brute of
anybody, it don't stop to ask about
sex, 1t makes q wild beast and idiot of
man or woman, and to look down
from Heaven, I guess a man looks as
had layin' dead drunk as a woman
does"
Says I, Fittings look differently from
up there than what they do to us-iti is
Q more slightly place. And you talk
about looks, Josiah Allen; I don't go
on clear looks, go on principle. Win
the Lord say TO me in the last day,
Josiah Aliens wife, how is it with the
soul of Tirzah Ann; as for Thomas
Jefferson's soul, he bein' a boy, it haint
of no account?' No! shall have to
give All account to Him for my dealin g
with both of these souls, male and fe-
male. And I should feel guilty if ]
brought him to think that what was
Impure for woman was pure for man.
II a man has a greater desire to do
wrong; which 1 won't dispute" says
], lookin' keenly onto Josiah, "he has
greater strength to resist temptation.
And so," says ]. in mild accents, but
firm as old Plymouth Rock, "if Thomas
Jefferson hangs, Tirza Ann shall hang
too.n
I have brought Thomas Jefferson up
to think that it was just as bad for him
to listen to bad story or song as fol
girl, or worse. for he had more
strength to run away, and that it was
disgrace for him to talk or listen t.
any stuff that he would be ashamed te
have Tirzah Ann or me to hear.
have brought him up to think tina
manliness didn't consist i'm having s
cigar in his mouth, and his hat on on,
side. and swearin' and slang phrases
and knowlede objectionable amuse
ments, but layin' holt of every duty
that comes to him, with brave hear
and q cheerful face; in helpln' to righ
the wrong, and protect the weak, ane
maxim the most and the best of tn,
mind and soul God had given him. Ii
short, have brought him up to thinl
that purity and virtue are both feml
nine and masculine, and that God'
angels are not necessarily all she ones
Samantha Allen.